Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table A.(v)—
Structurally separate dwellings occupied | Households | Density of occupation | ||||||||||||||
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Number | % of 1951 | % of dwellings shared | Number | % of 1951 | % of households sharing a dwelling | % of one person households | Persons per room | % of persons at more than 1½ per room | ||||||||
Chelsea | 15,008 | 16,292 | 109 | 11.1 | 9 0 | 18,426 | 17,756 | 96 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 31.4 | 36.1 | 0.75 | 0.68 | 10.3 | 8.2 |
Fulham | 28,549 | 34,156 | 120 | 38.6 | 16 2 | 43,184 | 41,423 | 96 | 60.4 | 32.4 | 18.9 | 23.0 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 13.1 | 10.4 |
Hammersmith | 26,229 | 28,915 | 110 | 30.7 | 16.0 | 38,909 | 37,553 | 97 | 54.0 | 36.6 | 18.8 | 22.8 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 15.8 | 16.0 |
Kensington | 41,390 | 47,521 | 115 | 16 5 | 10 7 | 60,718 | 64,545 | 106 | 43.7 | 38.6 | 32.3 | 36.4 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 17.1 | 18.5 |
Hampstead | 22,116 | 30,545 | 138 | 26.8 | 9 9 | 35,970 | 38,698 | 108 | 55.5 | 31.9 | 28.6 | 33.7 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 12.9 | 11.5 |
Paddington | 24,320 | 30,294 | 125 | 32.3 | 16 5 | 46,559 | 45,804 | 98 | 65.0 | 47.5 | 31.2 | 36.0 | 0.88 | 0 84 | 18.8 | 20.9 |
St. Marylebone | 22,762 | 26,196 | 115 | 7.8 | 2 6 | 26,961 | 26,606 | 99 | 22.6 | 10.6 | 31.5 | 35.9 | 0.76 | 0.68 | 9.6 | 7.0 |
St. Pancras | 29,146 | 35,016 | 120 | 33.9 | 14 0 | 48,865 | 44,201 | 90 | 61.1 | 34.1 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 17.2 | 15.4 |
Westminster, City of | 24,491 | 29,358 | 120 | 10.7 | 3 4 | 32,449 | 29,737 | 92 | 33.0 | 14.6 | 34.9 | 36.8 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 11.0 | 7.6 |
Finsbury | 8,702 | 9,262 | 106 | 25.0 | 15.6 | 12,416 | 11,526 | 93 | 48.1 | 33.4 | 23.4 | 23.6 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 16.1 | 14.6 |
Holborn | 6,644 | 5,954 | 90 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 7,498 | 6,418 | 86 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 31.8 | 35.2 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 14.8 | 11.6 |
Islington | 44,543 | 50,827 | 114 | 49.1 | 33.0 | 81,793 | 80,980 | 99 | 72.9 | 58.9 | 20.3 | 23.0 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 15.8 | 17.7 |
Hackney | 39,560 | 41,760 | 106 | 35.7 | 27.3 | 57,654 | 57,713 | 100 | 56.7 | 48.3 | 14.8 | 18.7 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 9.4 | 11.4 |
Shored itch | 10,840 | 12,127 | 112 | 24.9 | 9.3 | 14,412 | 13,443 | 93 | 44.1 | 19.2 | 17.0 | 19 0 | 0.98 | 0.88 | 17.7 | 13.6 |
Stoke Newington .. | 10,330 | 14,784 | 143 | 42.1 | 14.0 | 16,717 | 18,225 | 109 | 65.2 | 31.2 | 17.3 | 20 0 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 10.1 | 12.8 |
Bethnal Green | 15,632 | 14,464 | 93 | 221 | 13.7 | 19,775 | 16,668 | 84 | 38.9 | 260 | 17.5 | 20.6 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 14 .3 | 12.4 |
City of London | 1,456 | 1,320 | 91 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.466 | 1,225 | 84 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 22.5 | 21 3 | 0.77 | 0.68 | 6.5 | 3.3 |
Poplar | 17,806 | 18,897 | 106 | 24.5 | 10.6 | 22,563 | 21,128 | 94 | 41.1 | 21.0 | 13.7 | 16 2 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 16.0 | 12.2 |
Stepney | 24,895 | 26,524 | 107 | 17.8 | 7.7 | 30,295 | 29,219 | 96 | 33.0 | 17. 6 | 17.0 | 200 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
Deptford | 17,749 | 19,564 | 110 | 35.4 | 15.5 | 25,162 | 23,069 | 92 | 55.5 | 29. 3 | 15.1 | 17.4 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
Greenwich | 21,348 | 24,608 | 115 | 19.1 | 8.5 | 26,397 | 26,772 | 101 | 3.1 | 17.1 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 11.0 | 7.0 |
Woolwich | 39,960 | 45,001 | 113 | 12.1 | 5.1 | 45,366 | 46,972 | 104 | 23.0 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 6.1 | 3 8 |
Camberwell | 41,188 | 53,322 | 129 | 36 2 | 8.5 | 59,121 | 58,382 | 99 | 56.4 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 178 | 0.80 | 0.75 | 9.2 | 9.7 |
Lewisham | 58,417 | 65,046 | 111 | 19 7 | 10.5 | 72,100 | 72,922 | 101 | 35.5 | 21.3 | 11.0 | 14.0 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 8.3 | 5.9 |
Bermondsey | 15,567 | 15,470 | 99 | 20.3 | 12.7 | 19,132 | 17,468 | 91 | 35.6 | 23.7 | 15.4 | 19.1 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 15.1 | 12.3 |
Lambeth | 55,192 | 62,287 | 113 | 26.5 | 14.2 | 76,666 | 75,707 | 99 | 47.8 | 30.6 | 17.3 | 20.1 | 0.83 | 0.79 | 11.7 | 12.1 |
Southwark | 23,082 | 24.540 | 106 | 25.4 | 12.4 | 32,052 | 28,900 | 90 | 46.7 | 26.8 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 15.2 | 13 8 |
Battersea | 27,274 | 29,059 | 107 | 35.7 | 20.4 | 39,080 | 36,427 | 93 | 56.0 | 37.6 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 10.4 | 11.2 |
Wandsworth | 84,644 | 104,286 | 123 | 21.9 | 9.4 | 109,004 | 117,643 | 108 | 40.1 | 21.2 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 0.75 | 0.71 | 7.9 | 7.5 |
London a.C. | 793,840 | 917,395 | 115 | 25.9 | 12.9 | 1,120,710 | 1,107,130 | 99 | 47.8 | 29.9 | 19.7 | 22.8 | 0.83 | 0.77 | 12.2 | 11.5 |